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Node Replication Status

When a node fails to replicate, it is nearly impossible to determine why it failed. You have to open a PMR and gather logs and usually have to bring in level II support. This is a big waste of both my and IBM supports' time.
over 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Not under consideration

log on to SPP with single sign on (Use Windows session authentication)

please activate log on to SPP with single sign on(Use Windows session authentication) also a log on procedure with smart card would be convenient.
over 5 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 2 Not under consideration

SPP SSL Certificate upload needs significant improvement

The process to upload an SSL certificate for Spectrum Protect Plus is unclear and misleading. The "manage your certificates" upload screen in the admin console states that the supported certificate format are cer and crt. These are also listed as ...
almost 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Not under consideration

SVC 2145-DH8 Use IMM port for remote access/control

SVC Nodes are commonly installed in multiple Data Centers, not all Data Centers have a support personnel at all times, and in certain circumstances the SVC Nodes require physical access in order to Reboot the Nodes. Currently the IMM Port of the S...
over 10 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Not under consideration

Adjust CSM panel scroll windows with Browser window size and support filters

There are a couple of panels in CSM GUI which do not adjust their scroll list window size to the browser window size. This results in small CSM scroll windows which may contain very long lists although there is plenty of white space in the browser...
almost 6 years ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 1 Future consideration

VMDK size limit for spectrum protect for ve backups (vmware)

Increase vmdk size limit which is currently 8TB
over 3 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 1 Not under consideration

Spectrum Protect Plus (SPP) needs to be installable in Azure

Spectrum Protect Plus (SPP) server and vSnap needs to be installable in Azure.
about 5 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Planned for future release

Vmware Backup Failure ANR messages do not display the actual hostname and of the datamover on all platforms.

Vmware Backup Failure ANR messages do not display the actual hostname and of the datamover on all platforms. ANE4174E Full VM backup of VMware Virtual Machine 'vmname' failed with RC=rc mode=full_or_incr, target node name='target_node_name', data ...
about 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 1 Future consideration

Log server tcp port as well together with client ip/port in access log.

Today the server logs entries similar to the following: 03/03/22 09:02:58 ANR0406I Session 83331 started for node HOST.EXAMPLE.COM (Linux x86-64) (SSL host.example.com[dead:beef::1]:45186). (SESSION: 83331) However, there is no logging of which se...
almost 3 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Future consideration

Add SI Support for 32Gb SAN Switches (IBM c-type)

Spectrum Control and Storage Insights for Spectrum Control do not support 32Gb IBM c-type switches. Clients require support for IBM/Cisco MDS switches. Specifically IBM SAN48c-6 (Cisco MDS9148T) and IBM SAN96C-6 (Cisco MDS9396T).
over 3 years ago in IBM Storage Insights 0 Future consideration

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